{"id":15445,"date":"2023-08-08T17:53:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=15445"},"modified":"2026-09-19T14:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T09:51:17","slug":"pakistan-desires-strong-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2023\/08\/08\/pakistan-desires-strong-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan desires strong, successful Southeast Asia: FM Bilawal Bhutto"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Pakistan desires strong, successful Southeast Asia: FM Bilawal Bhutto <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said that Pakistan desired a strong and successful Southeast Asia, which was critical for the stability and development of the entire continent. \u201cThe more connected and united we are, the more able we would be in overcoming our collective challenges and prospering together as a region,\u201d the foreign minister said in a message on 56th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Day.<\/strong><br \/>\nExtending congratulation to the ASEAN members on behalf of the people and government of Pakistan, he said Pakistan shared ASEAN\u2019s vision of amity and cooperation with countries in Asia-Pacific.<br \/>\n\u201cWe believe that an integrated Asia promises a prosperous future for all. Pakistan has, therefore, endeavoured to develop partnerships all across Asia particularly with ASEAN countries,\u201d a press release quoted the foreign minister as saying.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BilawalBhuttoZardariPk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bilawal<\/a> said ASEAN was born on 8 August 1967 as a unique platform for regional cooperation in Southeast Asia.<br \/>\nPremised on the core principles of cooperation, amity and non-interference, ASEAN had matured over the last 56 years as a leading organization for peace and development in the region, he added.<br \/>\nThe foreign minister further said that \u201cASEAN way\u201d of diplomatic engagement provided a blueprint for regional peace and cooperation.<br \/>\n\u201cASEAN is today a central pillar of regional architecture\u201d, he said, adding Pakistan\u2019s relations with ASEAN countries had continued to grow both bilaterally and in the multilateral context, with great potential for enhanced cooperation in the areas of trade, tourism, agriculture, information technology, and maritime cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan desires strong, successful Southeast Asia: FM Bilawal Bhutto Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday said that Pakistan desired a strong and successful Southeast Asia, which was critical for the stability and development of the entire continent. \u201cThe more connected and united we are, the more able we would be in overcoming our collective [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2298,2299],"tags":[3134,2651,2391],"class_list":["post-15445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","category-world","tag-asean","tag-bilawal-bhutto-zardari","tag-pakistan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15445"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19705,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15445\/revisions\/19705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}